NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:20:57 -0500 From: Leif Roar Moldskred Subject: Re: java.lang vs java.util Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer References: User-Agent: tin/1.9.6-20100522 ("Lochruan") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.35-28-generic-pae (i686)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <1pmdnV_xgP4ENATQnZ2dnUVZ876dnZ2d@telenor.com> Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:20:57 -0500 Lines: 17 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-gAjvH49zL6MAi5fTf1ik+RDODZtcEwT18VixR/7pPEJCgRe1YvSCm71yqg84qvF9Lv5KyS8Hbvti/2u!ghAHykkPbmgGO3n5BRvo0UZC4ad5SYgNRleBoToaQiTwq6SXBMDG7zkMEcg22rCGmfzVgpzw6wOe!OF1X5RNt X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@telenor.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: news-abuse@telenor.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2160 Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.stben.net!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.telenor.com!news.telenor.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:2844 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > > See, that’s what I mean by lack of agility. It’s not enough to figure out > what the code does, you need some kind of specification document filled out > in tedious detail and no doubt signed off in triplicate before you will > write a single line of code. No, you just need to tell us what the code is _intended_ to do, since that will affect how it can best be represented in an implementation. An actual implementation includes both intended behaviour and incidental behaviour, but without knowing which is which any translation of the implementation to a different language or environment will be awkward. -- Leif Roar Moldskred